20072008 Junior Course Selection

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2007-2008Junior Course Selection
Getting Ready For Graduation
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• Essential Question
• How can I choose courses that will help me
  achieve my future goals?
• Course Selection Presentation Today
  information about credits, courses, and changes
  for next year
• Approx one week to select courses (discuss with
  teachers and parents)

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Getting Ready (continued)

• Course Request Meetings during Social Studies
  classes (next Thursday (2/1) or Monday (2/5)
• Large Group Meetings Focus on Careers / Getting
  ready for your senior year (early April).
• Individual Meetings Follow-up to Large Group
  Meetings (mid April).
• Senior Meetings Final check and plan (mid
  September).

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Counselor Assignments
Course Selection Booklets

• Write your name on the front of the booklet
  cover.
• Keep track of your book if lost it is
  available on the web at the Guidance homepage.

• Grade 9 Ms. Batdorf
• A-Ha Mrs. Minder
• Hb-P Mrs. Hartman
• Q-Z Mr. Habowski

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Focus on the Future

• Post-Secondary Education
• 2/4 year college, business school, trade school,
  nursing college, etc.
• Need to be taking rigorous academic courses.
• 4 years Math, Science
• 2 consecutive years of foreign language
• Consider the Dual Enrollment program /
  opportunity next year

Take classes that will get you where you want to
go!!
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Focus on the Future

• Employment / Technical School
• Consider Career and Technology Center Full day
  programs (www.lcctc.org)
• Application deadline has passed, but if
  interested - turn in applications late, the
  sooner the better!

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Focus on the Future

• Military
• Academic courses
• CTC Program

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Course Expectations Costs

• Be sure to check out PREREQUISITES in the
  Educational Planning and Course Selection
  booklet.
• Course Requests and Changes Deadline March 15
• Pick up change request forms in the Guidance
  Office
• Green Preliminary Course Request Change form
• Yellow Teacher Recommendation Course Change
  form

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Schedule Change Request Form
PLEASE BE SURE TO THINK ABOUT CLASSES YOU ARE
REQUESTING FOR NEXT YEAR BEFORE 3/15!
After March 15 Essay Schedule Change Request
form must be completed
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Teacher Recommendation Change Form
Use Caution When Thinking About A Change!!!
Be sure to discuss your ideas with your teacher
and parents!!
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Educational Planning Guide

• Taking a look specifics
• Grade Point Averages (pg 5-6)
• GPA calculation Mid July after junior year and
  Mid Feb of senior year.
• Graduation Requirements 23 credits (pg 7)
• Promotion Criteria (pg 6)
• Minimum 16 REQUIRED Credits to be a senior
• NCAA College Bound Athletes (pg 10-11)
• Division I or II NCAA approved courses
• It is your responsibility to make sure you are
  taking courses that meet NCAA eligibility if you
  plan on competing in Div I or II athletics in
  college.

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Educational Planning Guide

• PSSA State Tests (page 8)
• Writing (Feb 13/15)
• Mathematics / Reading (March 13/14/15)
• You must score Proficient or Advanced- Or you
  will need to retake the PSSA and successfully
  complete an the Blendedschools.net program which
  will be scheduled during your senior year.

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Opportunity for Seniors

• Dual Enrollment Courses At HACC (pg 8)
• Opportunity to take and earn college (and even
  high school) credit while still at EHS. There
  will be a meeting this spring regarding these
  opportunities.
• Get a jump on college
• Federal grant pays for large of cost

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Opportunity for Seniors

• Lancaster Bible College Course
• Fall / Spring courses any senior
• Franklin and Marshall College
• Fall / Spring courses- 1 Ephrata senior

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Opportunity for Seniors

• Service Learning (pg 9)
• Volunteer based learning experience
• .5 credits per period (max 2 periods per day)
• Pass / Fail
• Examples of possible experiences
• Work with students in any of the districts
  schools
• Retirement homes, Library aide,Guidance CRC
  helper
• Applications available during SS scheduling
  period

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Employment Opportunities

• Leave school after period 7 to go to work (pg 9)
• All required paperwork must be turned in on time
  to be eligible to have period 8 removed from your
  schedule
• Deadlines
• March 15 Application to Guidance
• May 1st Graduation Project completed Meet the
  deadlines, and you will be scheduled for periods
  1-7
• If you miss deadlines, you will be scheduled for
  periods 1-8

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Employment Opportunities

• You must initially schedule for a minimum of 6
  credits (lunch and study hall will fill rest of
  schedule). Changes will be made after paperwork
  is submitted.

Applications will be available during Social
Studies scheduling.
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AP Advanced Placement

• EHS offers a total of 8 Advanced Placement
  courses
• Why take an AP class?
• Information about AP courses can be found at
• Collegeboard.com

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Senior Year Requirements
Understanding Your Transcript
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Senior Year Requirements

• Planning on the CTC for next year?
• If you have an application turned in and you have
  your scheduling sheet completed and with you for
  computer entry in Social Studies class, you will
  be scheduled for the CTC next year.
• Your scheduling sheet will be used for a backup
  if you do not pursue the CTC senior option.
• Be sure to do a good job filling out your
  scheduling sheet Just in case

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Senior Year Requirements

• Language Arts (pg14)

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Senior Year Requirements

• Language Arts
• Any single one credit or two half credit Language
  Arts courses.
• Language Arts teachers should have discussed
  recommendations before the end of the first
  semester
• IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR 07-08
• The following courses are now elective only
• Public Speaking
• College Vocabulary
• Journalism II
• YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A NECESSARY LA GRADUATION
  CREDIT FOR THESE COURSES.
• You should select these as electives when
  developing your scheduling plan

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Senior Year Requirements

• Social Studies
• Two half credit courses
• Contemporary Affairs
• PA History and Government
• World Geography
• Social Issues
• Psychology (Level 2)

One full credit course AP US History AP Modern
European History AP Economics Political Economics
(Level 2)
OR
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Senior Year Courses

• Mathematics Teacher Recommendations

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Senior Year Courses

• Science Teacher Recommendations

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New / Changes for 07-08

• New Courses / Changes
• LA Elective only courses
• Public Speaking / College Vocab / Journalism II
• Agriculture / Science
• Tissue Culture (Science credit)
• Food Science (elective credit)
• Biotechnology (elective credit)
• Crop and Soil Science (elective credit)
• Power and Systems Technology formally Ag
  Mechanics

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New / Changes for 07-08

• New Courses / Changes
• Full Year Accounting II is now two separate half
  year courses
• Accounting II
• Accounting III (level 2)
• Sports and Entertainment Marketing
• Physical Education
• Now a level system PE 1 (PE9) must be completed
  before PE 2 (PE10 or any of the other PE
  electives can be taken

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New / Changes for 07-08

• New Courses / Changes
• Technology Education
• Animation
• Advanced Photography
• Advanced Videography
• Engineering / Prototyping
• Aviation

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Elective Offerings

• Pages 37-63
• Choose carefully pick areas of interest

Scheduling Worksheet

• Grade 12 Scheduling Info Sheet
• Grade 12 Scheduling Worksheet
• Complete before 2/1 or 2/5 when counselors come
  in to your Social Studies class

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Questions